Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to thank.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remercie | I thank | |
| tu | remercies | you thank | |
| il / elle / on | remercie | he / she / it thankson: we thank / one thanks | |
| nous | remercions | we thank | |
| vous | remerciez | you thank | |
| ils / elles | remercient | they thank |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul remercie ses voisins pour leur aide.
Paul thanks his neighbors for their help.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai remercié | I thanked | |
| tu | as remercié | you thanked | |
| il / elle / on | a remercié | he / she / it thankedon: we thanked / one thanked | |
| nous | avons remercié | we thanked | |
| vous | avez remercié | you thanked | |
| ils / elles | ont remercié | they thanked |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a remercié ses voisins pour leur aide.
Yesterday, Paul thanked his neighbors for their help.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remerciais | I used to thank | |
| tu | remerciais | you used to thank | |
| il / elle / on | remerciait | he / she / it used to thankon: we used to thank / one used to thank | |
| nous | remerciions | we used to thank | |
| vous | remerciiez | you used to thank | |
| ils / elles | remerciaient | they used to thank |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul remerciait ses voisins pour leur aide.
Back then, Paul used to thank his neighbors for their help.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remercierai | I will thank | |
| tu | remercieras | you will thank | |
| il / elle / on | remerciera | he / she / it will thankon: we will thank / one will thank | |
| nous | remercierons | we will thank | |
| vous | remercierez | you will thank | |
| ils / elles | remercieront | they will thank |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul remerciera ses voisins pour leur aide.
Later, Paul will thank his neighbors for their help.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remercierais | I would thank | |
| tu | remercierais | you would thank | |
| il / elle / on | remercierait | he / she / it would thankon: we would thank / one would thank | |
| nous | remercierions | we would thank | |
| vous | remercieriez | you would thank | |
| ils / elles | remercieraient | they would thank |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul remercierait ses voisins pour leur aide.
Paul would thank his neighbors for their help.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remercie | (that) I thank | |
| tu | remercies | (that) you thank | |
| il / elle / on | remercie | (that) he / she / it thankson: (that) we thank / one thanks | |
| nous | remerciions | (that) we thank | |
| vous | remerciiez | (that) you thank | |
| ils / elles | remercient | (that) they thank |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul remercie ses voisins pour leur aide.
It is possible that Paul thanks his neighbors for their help.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to thank (someone)
- to fire (an employee)
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations